Elizabeth Cady Stanton stood up and fought for what she believed in. From an early age, she knew that women were not given rights equal to men. But rather than accept her lesser status, Elizabeth went to college and later gathered other like-minded women to challenge the right to vote.Here is the in[...]

Focusing on Stanton's role as a reformer in the women's rights and suffrage movements, Banner also examines Stanton's relationships with her husband, with Susan B. Anthony, and with other leading feminists of the nineteenth century[...]